Assessing the risk posed to free-living soil nematodes by a genetically modified maize expressing the insecticidal Cry3Bb1 protein

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2674-2684

  Hoss S ^a,b   Nguyen, H T ^c   Menzel, R ^d   Pagel Wieder, S ^e   Miethling Graf, R ^f   Tebbe, C C ^f   Jehle, J A ^c   Traunspurger, W ^g  

^a Institute for Biodiversity Network   (Germany)

^b Ecossa (Ecological Sediment and Soil Assessment)   (Germany)

^c Dienstleistungszentrum Landlicher Raum DLR   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

^g BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cry3Bb1; Nematodes; Risk assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CULTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; PROTEINS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BT-MAIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRY3BB1; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; NEMATODES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY3BB1 PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BIOASSAY; INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE; MAIZE; NEMATODE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL BIOTA; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DNA MODIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; WORM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; NEMATODA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961001809     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.041     Document Type: Article

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